Client Stories
အသင်းသားများ၏ အတွေ့အကြုံများ
![Daw Ohnmar Phone_Taikkyi](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2023-08/Daw%20Ohnmar%20Phone_Taikkyi_Story%20Cover.jpeg?itok=0ZgkhMcb)
ဗွီးရှင်းဖန်း(ဒ်)ချေးငွေများမှတစ်ဆင့် မဥမ္မာသည် သူ၏သစ်သားဝက်ခြံလေးအား ကွန်ကရစ်ခင်းထားသည့် ဝက်ခြံအသစ်အဖြစ် ဆောက်လုပ်နိုင်ခဲ့ပြီး ဝက်အကောင်ရေကို...
On a bustling street in Lashio township, Myanmar, the “Rose Family” shop displays the colourful and unique clothing designs of entrepreneurial couple...
"သားလိုအပ်တာတွေကို မေမေဝယ်ပေးတဲ့အတွက် ပျော်တယ်။ ပြီးတော့သူငယ်ချင်းတွေနဲ့ ကစားရတဲ့အတွက်လည်း အရမ်းပျော်တယ်။" လို့ မြင့်မြတ်က ပြောပါတယ်။
မာမောက်ရောဖေ (၃၉ နှစ်) သည် စစ်တွေမြို့နယ် ပျင်းရှဲကျေးရွာတွင် သူ၏အမျိုးသမီး အားမီနာ (၃၃ နှစ်)နှင့် သားသမီး ငါးဦးတို့နှင့်အတူ နေထိုင်ပါသည်။ မာသည်...
![Daw Ngwe Thi_Myeik](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2022-05/Daw%20Ngwe%20Thi_Myeik_0.jpeg?itok=emLoUw0p)
တဘတ်ရွာ၊ မြိတ်မြို့နယ်တွင်နေထိုင်သော ၃၆နှစ်အရွယ် မငွေသီသည် မိမိတစ်ကိုယ်တည်းအင်အားဖြင့် သူ၏သမီးလေးများ အိရွှေဇင်နှင့်အိဇင်ဖြိုးတို့ကို...
ဒေါ်ခင်ဖြူဖြူသက် (၄၉ နှစ်) သည် မြို့နယ်ဆေးခန်းတွင် ၁၉၉၆ နှစ်မှစ၍ သစ္စာရှိရှိ တာဝန်ထမ်းဆောင်ခဲ့သော သူနာပြုနှင့် သားဖွားဆရာမတစ်ယောက်ဖြစ်ပြီး...
![Myanmar | Client | Daw Nwe Nwe Tun](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2022-02/Myanmar_Client_Daw%20Nwe%20Nwe%20Tun.png?itok=bgAL_fGw)
ဒေါ်နွယ်နွယ်ထွန်းသည် နည်းပညာအသစ်ကို အသုံးချပြီး စိန်ခေါ်မှုများသောကာလများကို လိုက်လျောညီထွေစွာဖြင့် ကျော်ဖြတ်ခဲ့သော ဗွီးရှင်းဖန်း(ဒ်)မြန်မာ...
![Myanmar | Client | Daw Ni Ni Nwle](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2022-02/Myanmar_Client_Daw%20Ni%20Ni%20Nwle_0.png?itok=7IuX2GG9)
ဒေါ်နီနီနွယ်နှင့် သူမ၏ ခင်ပွန်းဖြစ်သူသည် သူမ၏မိသားစုအမွေဖြစ်သော ဆန်စက်လုပ်ငန်းနှင့် အိမ်ထောင်သည်ဘဝကို စတင်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ အစပိုင်းတွင်...
![Fragile context Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-09/OK-Daw-Mar-Mar-Aye_VFM_Hpa-An-Branch_Individual-Loan_04.png?itok=32wGedu6)
Mar Mar Aye (56) years old is a traditional woman farmer who lives in southern Kauk Hlide region of Hpa-An. She inherited more than 10 acres of paddy...
![Myint Myint and her daughter working at their seamstress store.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-10/VF-Sub-1-Image-14-resized.jpg?itok=4-zbXPct)
“I want to finish school and get a salary so my mother can rest. She is very tired, I don’t want her to be tired any more.”
Yan Min Aung is 18 years...
![Daw San with her two grandchildren in their home in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-10/Daw-San_7-resized.jpg?itok=QVZgCM57)
“I want to study hard and be a doctor,” says 12 year-old Mg Mg Kyaw, “So that I can treat my grandmother if she falls sick.”
His grandmother, 58...
![VFM Home Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2023-11/VFM_HomeCover.jpeg?itok=7CA79b1j)
Daw Thin Thin Aye (36 years old) is a seasonal flower planter who lives in Hmawbi Township, about three hours away from Myanmar’s capital city Yangon...
![Daw San San standing infant of her mill in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-09/IMG_0533%20resized.jpg?itok=UiZHDCZp)
Daw Saw Saw Win, like many women in Myanmar, left her family to move to Yangon, the capital city for work where she took on various jobs in tourism...
My name is Daw Khin Than May. I live in Taung Myint ward. We have five family members. I have three children; two daughters and one son.
Three years...
![Workers Return To Myanmar: Can Microfinance Help?](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-09/DSC_0366.jpg?itok=nZAQ5QWi)
Often we meet families who have had to separate in order for one or both parents to find better paying work in an urban centre. This story is about a...
![Thin Thin Hlaing showing a client her fabrics she sells in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-09/SME%20blog_1.jpg?itok=GrHSrHgc)
As a girl, Daw Thin Thin Hlaing’s family was very poor—she often missed meals, didn’t have enough clothes and missed out on school.
With limited...
![Women at sewing machine used to make shoes for the military in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-09/DSCN6179.jpg?itok=BFGcGec4)
Thida aged 43 years is a cobbler by trade, having learned her skills from her parents. With her experience, she is able to cover all aspects of the...
![VF Myanmar client at broom making workshop](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-10/Yu%20Yu%20Maw%20Myanmar.jpg?itok=b_noNQ5Z)
Yu is 33 years old and married with two daughters (14, 10) and a son aged 6 years.
Her first experience at borrowing money came when she was...
![VF Myanmar client and husband working in the field](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-10/m3%20%281024x683%29.jpg?itok=5fTyfqXJ)
Ma Ohn Mar (38 years old) has returned home after spending 10 years working in Bangkok in a weaving factory. She spent many hours walking between the...
![Family with pigs they sell in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2020-03/Mye-photo-with-kids-reduced.jpg?itok=DWMs_3GB)
Mye is a 39-year-old strong, sturdy mother to three children aged 12, 16 and 19 years. Her husband is in the military and often away from home and...
![woman in her store in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2020-03/Zar-in-her-store.jpg?itok=BDUPrPri)
With money received as wedding gifts, Zar and her husband started a retail business three years ago. In addition to running the shop, they grow rice...
![family in their computer shop](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2020-03/Zin-with-family-v2-reduced.jpg?itok=FAvK5B6N)
Zin is 31 years old, married with a four-year-old son. She graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering and with her degree she got...
![Family in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2020-04/Thin-and-her-family.jpg?itok=Ph2hMtJG)
Thin lives in a rural community a couple hour outside of Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar. She’s like many women around the world, juggling...
![woman at her sewing machine](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2020-03/san-at-sewing-machine-reduced.jpg?itok=XsNGo0ae)
San is 54 years old and married with one child. She has been in sewing for 15 years and her shop’s specialty is boys clothing. For the last 10 years...
![Flower cultivation in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-10/Myanmar%20Flower%20farm.jpg?itok=HxeJcXJh)
U Win Shein, a farmer in rural Mandalay, Myanmar, carries the weight of six children and seven grandchildren on his shoulders. At 58 years old, he has...
![Bright baby day care in Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-10/bright%20baby%20Myanmar.jpg?itok=BavBevq3)
The Bright Baby education centre on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, is true to its name.
The nursery children are asleep when we arrive, on a hot...
![VisionFund client Nilar from Myanmar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_landscape/public/2019-10/Nilar%20from%20Myanmar%20%28640x427%29.jpg?itok=_Q04aQ6p)